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Guzmania kalbreyeri

Guzmania kalbreyeri, first described by Baker from Wilhelm Kalbreyer's Colombian collections and moved to Guzmania by Lyman Smith in 1934, is one of the better-recorded cloud-forest Guzmanias of the Colombian Andes, with more than sixty wild records from Antioquia, Valle del Cauca and the Chocó-facing slopes at 950 to 2300 m. It lives in some of the wettest, cloudiest forest on Earth and wants cool nights, saturated air and constant moisture at home.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte on mossy trunks and limbs in Andean cloud forest and very wet premontane forest, especially on the Pacific-facing slopes of the Western and Central cordilleras where cloud sits on the forest for much of the day.

Sixty elevation records span 950 to 2300 m with a median of 1900 m, so it is chiefly a plant of the 1500 to 2200 m cloud belt.

ColombiaAntioquiaValle del CaucaChocóPeru

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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